Patient Care Students Create Billboards for Kohl’s Pedal Patrol By URochester Medicine Communications May. 18, 2009 This week, billboards about bike safety – designed by Rochester-area high schoolers – will go up in six locations around Rochester.
Research HRT-Breast Cancer Risk Stays Same, Regardless of Family History By Leslie Orr May. 18, 2009 The risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same for women with a family history of the disease and without a family history, a University of ...
Research School of Medicine and Dentistry Names Puzas to Lead Basic Science Research By Germaine Reinhardt May. 17, 2009 J. Edward Puzas, Ph.D., Donald and Mary Clark Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and director of orthopaedic research, today was named senior associate ...
Research Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response to Flu By URochester Medicine Communications May. 17, 2009 Researchers have successfully tested for the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body’s immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and ...
BBQ Competition Heats Up at 2nd Annual Roc City Rib Fest By URochester Medicine Communications May. 14, 2009 Roc City Rib Fest will be open to the public 10 a.m to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 23, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 24, at Ontario Beach Park.
Research Ginger Quells Cancer Patients’ Nausea From Chemotherapy By Leslie White May. 14, 2009 People with cancer can reduce post-chemotherapy nausea by 40 percent by using ginger supplements, along with standard anti-vomiting drugs, before undergoing treatment, according to scientists at the ...
Research ICDs Extend the Lives of Heart Attack Survivors by a Year: Study By URochester Medicine Communications May. 13, 2009 A landmark follow-up study found that heart attack survivors who receive implanted cardioverter defribillators (ICDs) live longer the longer they have them, according to the results of a ...
Research $10 Million Gift to Transform Neuromedicine at URMC By Germaine Reinhardt May. 12, 2009 A multi-million dollar gift from one of Rochester’s hometown entrepreneurs promises to launch the University of Rochester Medical Center’s neuromedicine program into a nationally recognized, ...
Research Study in Nature Medicine Establishes Major New Treatment Target in Diseased Arteries By URochester Medicine Communications May. 10, 2009 Removing a single protein prevents early damage in blood vessels from triggering a later-stage, frequently lethal complication of atherosclerosis, according to research just published in the journal ...
Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis Delayed Almost 2 ½ Years in Boys By URochester Medicine Communications May. 10, 2009 A simple and inexpensive blood test for any boy with symptoms and signs of motor delays and abnormalities could speed up the process of diagnosing potential Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
